Although the technology for electric vehicles is progressing rapidly, no country has the infrastructure to support them, according to Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen America. Jacoby’s comments essentially echo what his boss, VW Group Chairman …

First Solar (FSLR) has already invested $25 million in the solar financier and installer SolarCity. Now it is continuing to signal that it will offer financing of it’s own for solar power projects.
The move to …

It looks like the DESERTEC proposal is beginning to receive some much needed political support with more than 100 MPs (106 at the last count) having now signed Early Day Motion 123. This calls on …

Reaction Engines, a British company has developed an air-breathing hydrogen engine that could the future of air and space travel.
The company is based in Oxfordshire, and has just secured a €1m (£926,000) grant from the …

Two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed battery cells capable of charging in under a minute, an amazing 100 times faster than a normal rechargable battery.
The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car …

The UK newspaper The Guardian reported that a recent period of extremely windy weather in Spain helped set a new wind-power generation record for the country, with “40 percent of the country’s energy needs being …

Renewable energy supporters say a proposed “solar credit scheme” will artificially inflate renewable energy figures, potentially limiting investment in large-scale projects, and may actually hurt the renewable energy industry.
In a joint statement from the Alternative …

The U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has marked a radical shift in U.S. energy policy away from its historical focus on OPEC and oil supply and toward a policy of cutting petroleum demand and promoting …

The UK newspaper the Sunday Times which regularly compiles a Rich List has now made a Green Rich List. The world’s wealthiest seem to have a recession proof taste for investments in areas as diverse …

Rampura village in Jhansi anymore is the first in India to get its own solar power plant. It did not have any electricity at all before, but now the kerosene lamps which were the only …